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Jennifer Jason Leigh

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Jennifer Jason Leigh was born Jennifer Lee Morrow in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of writer Barbara Turner and actor Vic Morrow. Her father was of Russian Jewish descent and her mother was of Austrian Jewish ancestry. She is the sister of Carrie Ann Morrow and half-sister of actress Mina Badie.

Jennifer's parents divorced when she was two. Jennifer worked in her first film at the age of nine, in a nonspeaking role for the film Death of a Stranger (The Spy Who Never Was (1976)). At 14 she attended summer acting workshops given by Lee Strasberg and landed a role in the Disney TV movie The Young Runaways (1978), and received her Screen Actors Guild membership in an episode of the TV series Baretta (1975) when she was 16. Jennifer performed in several TV movies and dropped out of Pacific Palisades High School six weeks short of graduation for her major role in the film Eyes of a Stranger (1981). Her first major success came as the female lead in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982).

Jennifer was married to writer/director Noah Baumbach from 2005 to 2013, and the two have a son.
BornFebruary 5, 1962
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar

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Jennifer Jason Leigh and Amelia Campbell in Single White Female (1992)
Julianne Moore, Joan Allen, and Jennifer Jason Leigh in No Light, No Spark (2021)
Gary Oldman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Amy Adams, Wyatt Russell, and Brian Tyree Henry in The Woman in the Window (2020)
Jennifer Jason Leigh in Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Jennifer Jason Leigh in Rush (1991)
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Jason Patric in Rush (1991)
Sam Elliott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Jason Patric, and Tony Frank in Rush (1991)
Sam Elliott, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jason Patric in Rush (1991)
Jennifer Jason Leigh in Rush (1991)
Jennifer Jason Leigh in Rush (1991)
Jennifer Jason Leigh in Rush (1991)
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Dennis Burkley in Rush (1991)

Known for

Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Demián Bichir, and Walton Goggins in The Hateful Eight (2015)
The Hateful Eight
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  • Daisy Domergue
  • 2015
Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh in Single White Female (1992)
Single White Female
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  • Hedra Carlson
  • 1992
Short Cuts (1993)
Short Cuts
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  • Lois Kaiser
  • 1993
Anomalisa (2015)
Anomalisa
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  • Lisa Hesselman(voice)
  • 2015

Credits

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Actress

  • Poolman
    • Post-production
  • Fargo (2014)
    Fargo
  • Lena Olin, Carol Kane, Logan Lerman, Louis Ozawa, Jerrika Hinton, Kate Mulvany, and Tiffany Boone in Hunters (2020)
    Hunters
  • Sharp Stick (2022)
    Sharp Stick
  • Julianne Moore in Lisey's Story (2021)
    Lisey's Story
  • Keir Gilchrist in Atypical (2017)
    Atypical
  • Gina Rodriguez and Ariana Greenblatt in Awake (2021)
    Awake
  • Amy Adams in The Woman in the Window (2020)
    The Woman in the Window
  • Christopher Abbott in Possessor (2020)
    Possessor
  • Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
    The Affair
  • Sid & Judy (2019)
    Sid & Judy
    • (voice)
  • Matthew McConaughey and Richie Merritt in White Boy Rick (2018)
    White Boy Rick
  • Benedict Cumberbatch in Patrick Melrose (2018)
    Patrick Melrose
  • Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tuva Novotny, Gina Rodriguez, and Tessa Thompson in Annihilation (2018)
    Annihilation
  • Twin Peaks (2017)
    Twin Peaks
  • Bella Thorne in Amityville: The Awakening (2017)
    Amityville: The Awakening

Producer

  • Keir Gilchrist in Atypical (2017)
    Atypical
  • Ben Stiller in Greenberg (2010)
    Greenberg
  • Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline, Parker Posey, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Beals, Alan Cumming, Jane Adams, John Benjamin Hickey, and Michael Panes in The Anniversary Party (2001)
    The Anniversary Party
  • Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Brad Renfro, Mischa Barton, and Bug Hall in Skipped Parts (2000)
    Skipped Parts
  • Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham in Georgia (1995)
    Georgia

Writer

  • Ben Stiller in Greenberg (2010)
    Greenberg
  • Rag Tale (2005)
    Rag Tale
  • Phoebe Cates, Kevin Kline, Parker Posey, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. Reilly, Jennifer Beals, Alan Cumming, Jane Adams, John Benjamin Hickey, and Michael Panes in The Anniversary Party (2001)
    The Anniversary Party

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"How Long Do We Wait" from Greenberg
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“Musso and Frank” from Greenberg
"The Thing About You Kids" from Greenberg
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"The Thing About You Kids" from Greenberg
Say Something Awful
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Say Something Awful
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Massive Theater Piece
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Massive Theater Piece
In and Around Synecdoche, NY  Incredibly Complicated
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In and Around Synecdoche, NY Incredibly Complicated
I Follow You
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I Follow You
Everybody Here
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Everybody Here
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Actors Playing Actors
Anomalisa
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Anomalisa

Personal details

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    • February 5, 1962
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Noah BaumbachSeptember 2, 2005 - September 17, 2013 (divorced, 1 child)
    • Barbara Turner
    • Carrie Ann Morrow(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Play: "Man of Destiny", by George Bernard Shaw
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    • 31 Interviews
    • 39 Articles
    • 16 Pictorials
    • 31 Magazine Cover Photos

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  • Trivia
    Well-known in Hollywood for the exhausting research she does for each of her portrayals and for her affinity of playing lurid roles.
  • Quotes
    I could never play the ingenue, the girl next door or the very successful young doctor. That would be a bore.

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